Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Pain is Temporary


     Your brain has evolved for thousands of years to learn off of your failures and be prepared for the unknown. We don't do this by memorizing sequences and codes, we memorize patterns and visuals. After trauma, you are caught in something of a catch 22, where you're reluctant to want to remember or think about a topic out of fear as is normal, but are then barraged with memories and painful experiences that flood in. This is due to your mind learning off of past experiences. After so long of a time being spent preparing to defend yourself, it can be hard to move away from such a built in way of life. This is referred  to as PTSD. The first signs of moving away from this illness are usually flashbacks and high anxiety. It's you trying desperately to confront these haunting experiences/memories but your instincts, which have been built to defend against confronting such things tell you subconsciously that you are in danger. The feeling that something is wrong, that everything is a little off, your mind racing working out scenarios, and then it hits you. That one trigger that reminds you of all the pain you tried to forget about just floods back in.

  The important thing to know about this is that even though it is in fact scary, regardless of the experience, everyone's own fear to them is their own personal hell. As it is their creation of fear subconsciously. It will eventually get easier with time but only if you take certain steps rather than pushing it down.

 1.) Know where you are and verbally reassure yourself of this.

 2.) Be accepting of the fact that what has happened happened, and you cannot change the past, only yourself. Make the decision between a life of fear or a life of renewal.

 3.) Don't be afraid to ask for help.

 4.) Choose between fear and love. Fear being the inevitable caution over all things unknown, and love being the acceptance of life and the world as it is.

 5.) Stay in the here and now and move on to your next challenge and face it a little older, a lot stronger. Rather than a lot older and a little stronger.

   Life is a choice and it's what you make of it. Make the right one by knowing that things are the way they are, and happiness isn't a battle unless you make it one.

Love triumphs over all obstacles when you accept life.

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